Google may introduce new feature to protect against bank screen share scams: Here’s how it will work

Google is reportedly working on a new bank scam call detection feature to fight the rising number of phone based financial scam. The feature will protect the users from the scams where fraudsters pose as bank representatives, request screen sharing access and manipulate them into logging into their banking apps and steal the money.

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According to the report by Android Authority, the upcoming feature was spotted in the APK teardown of the latest Google Play Services beta (v25.18.31), revealing a service dubbed “BankScamCallDetectionService.”

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The report further continued that the feature is different from the Scam Detection feature on Pixel phones. It will not require to listen to the phone calls and rather it will trigger warnings when three key conditions are met including: A call is received from a number not saved in the user’s contacts, a banking app is open in the foreground and screen sharing (media projection) is active.

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Whenever these conditions are detected, Google will share an on-screen warning, allowing users to end the call or report the number. The report further added that to make this work more efficiently, Google appears to be maintaining a list of monitored banking apps and will be updated regularly.

While the feature is currently in testing phase, the report suggest that the feature is expected to roll out via Google Play Services, making it available to wide range of Android users, irrespective of the Android version their device is running.

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It is worth noting that Google has not yet acknowledged the feature and has not confirmed a specific rollout timeline. If implemented, it could be a useful feature for users, given the increasing number of online scams involving bank officials.

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Ashish Singh

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